Camphor-ball


mothball (def 1).
Historical Examples

The Idiot at Home John Kendrick Bangs

noun
another name for mothball (sense 1)

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    a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient. camphor oil The oil that is obtained from the wood of the camphor tree and is used to make camphor. It is […]

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